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5 Powerful Seeds You Never Consider Eating

Eat lots of greens, cut down on your red meat, stop smoking and drinking so much. We pretty much know what's good and bad for our health, don't we? Well, yeah, but there are things we don't that could drastically improve nutrition and well-being. Seeds. Yep, seeds . When added to regular meals, snacks, or even smoothies, they can offer quite the nutritional punch needed to keep you healthy and going through the motions. Here's a compiled list of five of the most powerful seeds you can implement in your diet: #1 - Chia Seeds: Getting a lot more exposure lately, you can add chias to pretty much anything you ingest. From the top of my head, I do not see any dish or salad where you can't add them, which makes these extremelly versatile. What makes them so special, then? Well, first off, they're an amazing source of Omega-3. This, however, is not what makes these seeds so craved. They're also packed with calcium, sodium, fiber, and protein. Not to mention th...

We Forgot How to Sleep

Here is a well-known fact that you haven't thought about lately: people nowadays, with all the buzz from a productive day to day life, either sleep too little or too much. Which, in turn, makes them all the less productive and happy in every single way. While it is hard to ascertain the right ammount of sleep for everyone, as we all have different body clocks, and sleep patterns alter depending on a lot of factors: age, tiredness, sleep deprivation, etc. Truth is: you can never make up for a badly slept night. Sure, you can always sleep more the night after, but what's lost is lost. As such, it is always better to keep consistent sleep everytime the opportunity arises. Sleeping too little is the most common in these burdened days. Too much work, too much play, too much drink: everything contributes to sleeping less which affects our attention span, health, way we eat, how efficiently we learn, motivation, and overall health. Sleeping too much is also connected with an unh...